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Focus and attention

Work and vocation

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Why AI surveillance at work leads to perverse outcomes

In the name of efficiency, workplace AI technologies shift burdens long-assumed by employers onto workers

by Karen Levy

Technology and media

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The pleasure, the pain and the politics of a digital detox

Studying why and how people take digital-media breaks can reveal what individuals and societies value in unmediated spaces

by Trine Syvertsen

Focus and attention

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Go on, admit it. You’re multitasking. Here’s how to do it better

Our limited mental resources make multitasking inefficient. As you’re unlikely to stop it, you can learn to do it better

by Virginia Clinton-Lisell

Mind and brain

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Slow down, it’s what your brain has been begging for

It’s no small task to live a life of sustained attention. So slow down, and give your brain a break to do its work

by Teodora Stoica

Thinking and intelligence

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When a tricky task makes your brain hurt, here’s what to do

Although thinking hard is a daily experience, psychologists are only just beginning to understand how aversive it can be

by Todd Vogel

Focus and attention

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Sometimes, paying attention means we see the world less clearly

Does attention distort knowledge, or am I overthinking it? What visual illusions say about the secret workings of the mind

by Henry Taylor

Focus and attention

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What might mushroom hunters teach the doctors of tomorrow?

Algorithms and artificial intelligence are a helpful aid to doctors. But they still need to learn the arts of noticing

by Anna Harris & Lisa Herzog

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‘Farsighted impulsivity’ and the new psychology of self-control

When people prioritise the present, it’s not because they’re being short-sighted – quite the opposite could be true

by Adam Bulley